Portuguese
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Etymology
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From en- + cesta (“basket”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sesˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sesˈta(h)]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sesˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seʃˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ɻ)/
encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encestei, past participle encestado)
- to throw something into a basket
- (basketball) to score a basket
- to punch out (to repeatedly hit someone or something)
Conjugation
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
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Etymology
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From en- + cesto + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /enθesˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θesˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ensesˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.sesˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ces‧tar
encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encesté, past participle encestado)
- to score a basket
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of encestar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive encestar
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dative
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encestarme
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encestarte
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encestarle, encestarse
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encestarnos
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encestaros
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encestarles, encestarse
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accusative
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encestarme
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encestarte
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encestarlo, encestarla, encestarse
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encestarnos
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encestaros
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encestarlos, encestarlas, encestarse
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with gerund encestando
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dative
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encestándome
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encestándote
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encestándole, encestándose
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encestándonos
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encestándoos
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encestándoles, encestándose
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accusative
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encestándome
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encestándote
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encestándolo, encestándola, encestándose
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encestándonos
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encestándoos
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encestándolos, encestándolas, encestándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative encesta
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dative
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encéstame
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encéstate
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encéstale
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encéstanos
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not used
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encéstales
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accusative
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encéstame
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encéstate
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encéstalo, encéstala
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encéstanos
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not used
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encéstalos, encéstalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative encestá
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dative
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encestame
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encestate
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encestale
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encestanos
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not used
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encestales
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accusative
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encestame
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encestate
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encestalo, encestala
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encestanos
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not used
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encestalos, encestalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative enceste
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dative
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encésteme
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not used
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encéstele, encéstese
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encéstenos
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not used
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encésteles
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accusative
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encésteme
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not used
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encéstelo, encéstela, encéstese
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encéstenos
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not used
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encéstelos, encéstelas
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with first-person plural imperative encestemos
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dative
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not used
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encestémoste
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encestémosle
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encestémonos
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encestémoos
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encestémosles
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accusative
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not used
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encestémoste
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encestémoslo, encestémosla
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encestémonos
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encestémoos
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encestémoslos, encestémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative encestad
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dative
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encestadme
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not used
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encestadle
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encestadnos
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encestaos
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encestadles
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accusative
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encestadme
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not used
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encestadlo, encestadla
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encestadnos
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encestaos
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encestadlos, encestadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative encesten
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dative
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encéstenme
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not used
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encéstenle
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encéstennos
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not used
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encéstenles, encéstense
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accusative
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encéstenme
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not used
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encéstenlo, encéstenla
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encéstennos
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not used
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encéstenlos, encéstenlas, encéstense
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